Simon Fokke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simon Fokke

engraver from the Northern Netherlands

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1712

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1784

Profession: artist, etcher

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Simon Fokke (1712–1784) was a Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver.
Born in Amsterdam, he was a pupil of J.
C.
Philips, and was chiefly employed by booksellers to engrave small portraits and vignettes.
He died in Amsterdam in 1784.
His works include: His own Portrait ; after himself. A View of the Port of Leghorn; after Vernet. A View near Narni, in Lombardy; after the same. Six plates of Dutch Views, with Rivers, Ships, and Skaters; after Avercamp. Several Portraits for Tycho Hofman's Portraits historiques des hommes illustres de Dannemark, 1741. Several plates of his own design for Wagenaar's Vaderlandsche Historie, 1749-59. The Treaty of Peace at Münster; after Terborch. The Prodigal Son; after Spagnoletto; in the Dresden Gallery. Jacob keeping the Flocks of Laban; after the same; in the Dresden Gallery. The Death of Dido, a burlesque; after C.
Troost. Vignette of Liberty on the title page of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, 1755.

After Jacobus Buys (1724–1801)
Alternative names	Jacobus Buijs
Description	Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and author
Date of birth/death	19 November 1724 (baptised)	7 April 1801
Location of birth/death	Amsterdam	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1743 and circa 1801 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1743-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1801-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Mijdrecht (1755–1760), Amsterdam (1760-....)
Authority control	: Q6119855 VIAF: 188450593 ISNI: 0000 0000 6660 3980 ULAN: 500016614 LCCN: nr2004015093 WGA: BUYS, Jacobus WorldCat